Located on Northwestern's Evanston campus, the McCormick School of Engineering occupies a complex of several connected buildings.

Facilities

The McCormick School of Engineering is located in several connected buildings on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus. With its main administrative offices in the Technological Institute building (called “Tech,” for short), the school also has classrooms, offices, and laboratories in:

Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center

Seeley G. Mudd Library

Center for Catalysis and Surface Science

Cook Hall

Hogan Hall

Pancoe Life Sciences Pavilion

Center for Nanofabrication

Silverman Hall

The Technological Institute

The Technological Institute building was initially constructed in 1941. It has more than 850,000 square feet of classrooms, lecture halls, offices, laboratories, and research facilities. In addition, it includes state-of-the-art equipment, clean rooms, a robotics laboratory, multiple computer labs for student use, the Tech Express cafeteria, and the Jerome B. Cohen Commons faculty and staff dining room.

One of the largest academic buildings in the world, “Tech” houses the McCormick School of Engineering, as well as the departments of chemistry and of physics and astronomy, which are part of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

Completed in 2012, the LEED Silver-certified Willens Wing provided “Tech” with an additional 50,000 square feet of office and lab space for students and faculty in life and biomedical sciences, as well as a two-story atrium for meetings and events.

Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center

Named in honor of a $10 million grant from the Ford Motor Company, the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center opened in 2005 as the first Northwestern University building to achieve Silver-level certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System.

Along with offices, classrooms, laboratories, and meeting space, the Ford building is home to:

Prototyping and Fabrication Lab

Located in the basement of the Ford building and visible from the central atrium, the Prototyping and Fabrication Lab provides McCormick students with fabrication machinery and prototyping equipment, and a safe, collaborative environment where the exchange of ideas can flourish.

Northwestern in San Francisco

Located in the heart of the Bay Area, this educational space is anchored by the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. The space will feature a state-of-the-art presentation area to engage with alumni and partners in the Bay Area, collaborative classrooms, and a flexible design studio. It will be used for quarter-long residencies, short immersion experiences and collaborations in software development, digital design, and entrepreneurship.

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